In this 6 Nights 7 Days tour of Uttar Pradesh, you will cover the cities of Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Ayodhya. Beginning from the capital city of Lucknow, you will cover historic landmarks such as the Bada Imambara, ChotaImambara, and the Rumi Darwaza, along with exploring the city known for its Nawabi culture, rich heritage, and lip-smacking cuisine, with a chance to also visit Naimisharanya, housing a number of pilgrimage sites. Moving then to the land of Lord Rama, you will visit the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, witness the evening aarti at the banks of River Saryu and explore other important sites of Ayodhya on a sightseeing tour. Following which you will travel to Prayagraj, attend the aarti at the Triveni Sangam and visit popular pilgrimage sites. The last leg of the tour will take you to Varanasi, the land of Lord Shiva, where you will experience the beauty of the rising sun on a boat ride, visit important temples, and wrap up your tour with the evening aarti at Varanasi's ghats.
Highlights of the Tour:
Explore the popular tourist attractions of the cities of Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj, and Ayodhya over a week.
Visit the highly revered Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple for a holy darshan.
Witness different evening aartis along the banks of holy rivers.
Detailed Itinerary of the Tour
Day 01:
Lucknow
Arriving at Lucknow Airport /Railway station, you will be picked up and transferred to the hotel. Later we will take you for a sightseeing tour of Lucknow. Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, famous for its multicultural traditions, small scale industries, beautiful gardens, poetry, music, and tasty cuisine. It is also famous for its historical monuments such as the Bara Imambara, ChotaImambara, and Rumi Darwaza. In the evening, you are free to explore the local market.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 02:
Lucknow - Naimisharanya - Lucknow (110 km each way)
After breakfast, you will be driven to Naimisharanya. As per Hindu Mythology Naimisharanya is an important Hindu Pilgrimage site, known for being where the Sri Chakra of Lord Vishnu stopped, when he used it to cut the body of Sati Devi, leading to the creation of the 51 Sakthi Peet temples across the country. Here, you will visit Neemsaar Tirth, Chakrathirth, Hanuman Garhi, Pandav Kila, Vyas Gaddi, HavanKund and Sita Kund. After which you will be driven back to Lucknow.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 03:
Lucknow - Ayodhya (165 km, 02 hr 30 min)
In the morning, after breakfast you will be driven to Ayodhya. On arrival at Ayodhya, you will be checked in at the hotel and later for a sightseeing tour of Ayodhya, which will include Ram kiPaidi, Hanuman Garhi, Kanak Bhawan, Ramkot, SwargDwar and in the evening witness famous Aarti of Sarayu River.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 04:
Ayodhya- Prayagraj (200 km, 03 hr 30 min)
In the morning, we will take you for a holy dip in Sarayu River, after which you will be taken to the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple for Holy Darshan. Later we will drive to Prayagraj. On arrival check in to the hotel. In the evening we will take you to witness the famous aarti at Sangam. Sangam is the confluence of three holy rivers, Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati.
Day 05:
Prayagraj - Varanasi: (120 km, 02 hr 45 min)
Next day, in the morning after breakfast we will take you for a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam, the confluences of three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, and a sightseeing tour of Prayagraj which will include Hanuman Temple, Anand Bhawan etc. Later we will drive to Varanasi. On arrival check in to the hotel. Overnight stay at Varanasi.
Day 06:
Varanasi sightseeing
Early Morning, we will take you for a boat ride at the holy Ganges to witness the beautiful sunrise. After breakfast we will visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Annapurna Temple, Vishalakshi Temple. In the evening you can go for a boat ride at Varanasi Ghats, followed by attending the evening Ganga Aarti at DasaswamedhGhat and visiting the KaalBhairav Mandir.
Day 07:
Varanasi - Departure
After breakfast check out from the hotel and you will be transferred to Varanasi Airport/Railway Station for your onward journey.